Tel Aviv is a city of laptops: half of the people in any café are editing, writing or on a call. This is my list of cafés where you can sit for a few hours, sorted by area. For each one I note Wi-Fi, sockets and laptop rules, because they differ a lot.

Before you go: most cafés close early on Friday and many are closed on Saturday (Shabbat). Opening hours change often, so check the café's Instagram or Google Maps on the day.

A big, bright café with sofas, lots of outdoor tables and a separate work area, so laptops and friends meeting for breakfast don't get in each other's way. The back tables have sockets. Dog-friendly.

Address: Florentin St 38, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Open from 6:30. No laptops on Friday and Saturday.
Map: Open in Google Maps

Colourful and lively, with indoor and outdoor seating, good coffee, reliable Wi-Fi and plenty of sockets. You order at the counter, and nobody minds if you stay all day over one coffee. In the evening it turns into a bar.

Address: HaRav Frenkel St 31, Florentin, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Closed on Saturday. Busy on Friday afternoon.
Map: Open in Google Maps

A self-service café in a courtyard between two buildings, with a half-open roof, careful design and a strong sound system. Calm during the day, with a young, creative crowd.

Address: Zevulun St 9, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Laptops are allowed only at some tables. Open on Saturday.
Map: Open in Google Maps

A new specialty coffee bar (opened in 2026) by two brothers who spent almost twenty years in Melbourne's coffee scene. A former motorcycle workshop with custom laser-cut tables and a patio. The music is kept at a level where you can still talk and work.

Address: Bar Yochai St 20, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Closed on Saturday.
Map: Open in Google Maps

A second-hand bookshop and café with books in English, Hebrew, Russian, French and Spanish. Inside there are sofas and lamps, outside a shady garden with sockets for laptops. Free Wi-Fi. Live music on many evenings.

Address: Rashi St 17, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Open until late on weekdays. Closed on Saturday.
Map: Open in Google Maps

The home café of the Algier roastery, a third-wave coffee brand, on beautiful Bialik Square in the Felicia Blumental building. Coffee by day, wine bar in the evening.

Address: Bialik St 26, Bialik Square, Tel Aviv
Map: Open in Google Maps

A new café on Montefiore Street. People come with a stroller, a laptop or a dog. Not kosher.

Address: Montefiore St 41, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Open every day 7:30–16:00.
Map: Open in Google Maps

An organic grocery with a small café and a quiet inner courtyard. Good pastries and a fresh market feeling, a nice place to work in the morning.

Address: Maze St 7, Tel Aviv
Instagram: @tamuz.tlv
Map: Open in Google Maps

A roastery café in a restored 1921 house with three floors and shaded outdoor seating. Calm, minimal and quiet, with coffee roasted on site.

Address: Allenby St 54, Tel Aviv
Good to know: No Wi-Fi, so bring a hotspot.
Map: Open in Google Maps

The home of the Mix & Matcha brand on the pedestrian part of Nahalat Binyamin: a matcha bar that is part living room, part workspace, and also hosts workshops.

Address: Nahalat Binyamin St 5, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Opening hours are short and change, so check Instagram first.
Instagram: @mix.and.matcha
Map: Open in Google Maps

A café by day and a dance bar by night: club sound, a big record library and DJs, with coffee served until midnight. Better for a meeting or a relaxed afternoon than for focused work.

Address: Nahalat Binyamin St 12, Tel Aviv
Good to know: Loud in the evening. Closed on Saturday.
Instagram: @fugazi.tlv
Map: Open in Google Maps

An urban garden café with a courtyard and a greenhouse, indoor and large outdoor seating, and separate smoking and non-smoking areas.

Address: Kompert St 5, Tel Aviv
Good to know: The big indoor work area is for members only. Other guests can pay extra to sit there. On Friday and Saturday it is open to everyone.
Map: Open in Google Maps